Portal:Current events/2015 June 25
June 25, 2015 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian Civil War
- Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant forces re-enter the Kurdish town of Kobanî after a successful large-scale counterattack against the Kurds. (BBC)
Business and economy
- Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, opens a new terminal at Pyongyang Sunan International Airport. (BBC)
Disasters and accidents
- 2015 Pakistani heat wave
- The wreckage of a small plane carrying eight passengers on a shore excursion from Holland America Line's MS Westerdam cruise ship is discovered near the Alaskan town of Ketchikan. All nine people on board including the pilot died. (AP via Seattle Times)
Health
- 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak in South Korea
- The number of MERS casualties in South Korea rises to 29 with the number of cases rising to 180. (Yonhap)[permanent dead link]
International relations
- India offers Nepal an additional billion dollars to help it recover from the April 2015 Nepal earthquake. (Reuters via Daily Mail)
- South Africa reviews its participation in the International Criminal Court following a failed attempt to arrest the President of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, on South African soil. (BBC)
- The Prime Minister of Haiti Evans Paul accuses the Dominican Republic of causing a humanitarian crisis by mass deportation of people mainly from Haiti. (AP via Star Tribune)
Law and crime
- The Committee to Protect Journalists claims that the Government of Egypt has incarcerated 18 journalists, mostly from Al-Jazeera. (AP via The Guardian)
- More than 400 Albanian police supported by Army helicopters surround the village of Lazarat in southern Albania known as the "cannabis Kingdom" where an armed criminal gang has entrenched itself. (AFP via ABCNews Australia)
- A journalist from CNN is shot and killed in the Philippines, the 27th journalist murdered during the administration of Benigno Aquino III. (Rappler)
- King v. Burwell
- The Supreme Court of the United States upholds key elements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) including subsidies for healthcare policies and employer mandates, with a 6-3 vote. (CNBC)
Politics and elections
- The United States House of Representatives votes to grant President Barack Obama fast track authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership. (AP)
Sports
- In basketball, the 2015 NBA draft is held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, with the Minnesota Timberwolves selecting Karl-Anthony Towns as the first pick. (Los Angeles Times)